Anti-epilepsy filter?

[Tiger27]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

This is a joke post right? Mazex isn't a Ubisoft fanboy, your dealing with the facts here, Cliffs Of Dover did not meet the required Eplipesy standard that Ubisoft amongst others have imposed for the last 3 years, this is not Ubisofts fault, the dev's have screwed up, either that, or its an excuse for such a poor running game. Given the fact that they refused to show us any 'in game' footage despite repeated request from myself and others then it would appear that its a cover up for a poor running game. IMHO.

Do you have proof that these are the facts, or of anything you are saying, how do you know what Luthier said isn't the truth ie that this was dumped on them late in development, do you have someone on the inside letting you know these facts or do you just read the forums like the rest of us and make an educated guess, you seem to imply in your posts that you are somehow 'in the know' but I doubt you know anymore than the rest of us.

[PE_Tigar]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

This is a joke post right? Mazex isn't a Ubisoft fanboy, your dealing with the facts here, Cliffs Of Dover did not meet the required Eplipesy standard that Ubisoft amongst others have imposed for the last 3 years, this is not Ubisofts fault, the dev's have screwed up, either that, or its an excuse for such a poor running game. Given the fact that they refused to show us any 'in game' footage despite repeated request from myself and others then it would appear that its a cover up for a poor running game. IMHO.

Frankly, and I mean no disrespect, I don't give a flying f*** about epileptics' video game problems. If you do have symptoms, don't play video games - you have many better things to do. If you don't have symptoms, but have epileptic cores in your brain - it's just a matter of time before you get it, video games or not.

So, to conclude:

1. The Ubisoft's insistence on this is pure "social responsibility" posturing, and making devs absorb the costs is evil. Epilepsy standards? Give me a break!

2. I'm cancelling my pre-order for now, and will get the game from Russia if and when they make the filter optional there.

3. I again emphasize that Oleg and Maddox Games would be much better off if they've published their product themselves online.

[kendo65]

Originally Posted by mazex

The ignorance shown in this thread is really depressing.

Besides, like pointed out by Tree, Ubisoft has been doing this for ALL their titles for three years, the same goes for Sony and many other major publishers. I don't know about EA. Have you noticed bad performance in all the other titles by Ubisoft or Sony for the last three years? They apparently managed to pass the tests without loosing performance somehow, with some exceptions like Wipeout HD for PS3 that Sony stopped and sent back to the developers before releasing it for not passing the same tests we talk about here - in 2008!

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...pilepsy-tests/

I sure hope that MG can address their performance issues, just like the other developers have done.

The only thing I'd say in response is that apparently Ubi were only signed up fairly late. So, if they came onboard late last year it is entirely feasible that the situation is as described - and this whole issue was foisted on the devs at last minute.

[Vasilj_Mitu]

what bothers me here is why the hell did the MG guys kept their mouth tightly shut about that AE filter nonsense until the game was out in Russia?

[Matt255]

Originally Posted by Vasilj_Mitu

what bothers me here is why the hell did the MG guys kept their mouth tightly shut about that AE filter nonsense until the game was out in Russia?

It would've bothered me, from a developer/publisher point-of-view, if they would've done exactly that.

Not revealing that a software has issues/problems/bugs/"weird features" at release is the way it's been for decades, for good reason.

[Jarsalla]

Ubi had sacks of gold in it's hands, but now it is slowly turning into pile of poo.

Still looking forward to see videos in youtube where someone actually flys the released sim and not some beta. After that I'll make conclusions whether or not I'm going to cancel my pre-order.

[mazex]

Originally Posted by CHB68

And your UBISOFT fanboy jabbering is unbearable. As a cheated Silent Hunter V Customer I don't give a XXXX what UBISOFT has done or not ! I considered to break my personal UBISOFT boycott to support Oleg and his team, but if there is no fix until Mar 31st I won't buy the game....with tears in my eyes !

I'm in no way a fanboy of Ubisoft or any publisher. In my opinion they are like the record companies and I would be happy if they where eliminated in the same way as we see the record companies are going these days with iTunes and Spotify expanding their market every day. I would be a lot happier to buy my games at online stores directly from the developers instead (like with the DCS titles)

I also bought SH V and sure as hell think that it was a real disappointment. SH III with GWX 3.0 is not - and that was also published by Ubisoft when no other major publishers where releasing serious sub sims any more...

What I do have a problem with is all the "i hate Ubisoft/DRM/Steam/everything" attitude here.

EDIT: And yes like I posted earlier here I have a son that almost died after serious epeleptic seizures that came three days after he was born. If you have children yourself and have been standing next to a bed with three days old baby with wires all over his head and 3-4 injections of heavy anti seizure drugs I guess you would have a bit more respect for companies that take this seriously. For a year he had so heavy medication that he could not even rise his head until he was 6 months as he had no muscles due to the heavy medication. Now he is amazingly enough fine They did tests for more than $50.000 and could never explain it - it just went away when he was one year old.

Now he is five and like to sit and play computer games with me, his older brother is not much for aircraft be he is. If you had a son like that - would you have the filter on or off? Would you appreciate that it was there? They have said they don't know why it happened - and it may come back... When being exposed to stuff like computer games for example. So then don't let him play then you may answer? But his older brother plays a lot like all of his friends.

So ????

[Codex]

Originally Posted by mazex

What I do have a problem with is all the "i hate Ubisoft/DRM/Steam/everything" attitude here.

Well I for one hate UBI, but if you look through the many posts I've made on the past few weeks I've been pro "DRM/Steam/everything" but this issue is just nonsense.

The more I think about it the more I'm starting to question it. Why CoD and why now. There are many games released in the last three years by UBI that allow for Crossfire and SLI support.

I've just bought the entire Splinter Cell series (one of UBI's signature IP games) off Steam yesterday, just finished downloading them, and guess what they ALL support Crossfire. The Crossfire Icon is displaying the top right corner, so as far as AMD is concerned - my two GPU's are working in Crossfire mode. Splinter Cell Conviction, the latest chapter in the series, released in 2010 and it's using Crossfire! So I'm not buying the "simulation's have severe effect on epilepsy" argument. There something more to this.

[swiss]

Originally Posted by mazex

The ignorance shown in this thread is really depressing.

Look, buddy - I'm sorry for your son but I can't change it.
It's you job to teach him what he can or what he can't do.
Our society does actually care about disabled people, and does the best to make their life as comfortable as possible.

What you can't expect it the society to adapt to them.


Options: Nice to have.